How GIS Has Changed Our World

cancer

This map depicts the HPV vaccination percentages in the United States as of August 2017. It is easy to see the vast differences in HPV vaccination rates in the West and Northeast versus that of the Central states and the Southeast. For more information, you can visit the CDC’s web page covering the HPV vaccine.

This map depicts the rate of Ovarian Cancer prevalence in the United States as of 2015. The CDC reports that Ovarian cancers is ranked fourth in the top ten causes of cancer deaths in the United States. Check out more information on this map at USCS’s cancer statistics webpage on the CDC site.

CNN reports that cancer rates have decrease from 1980, but there are still certain areas where cancer clusters are prevalent. This map is very interesting in that it can help jump-start more conversations about environmental facts that could be playing a huge role in the incidence of cancer. For more information, visit CNN’s report.